Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya (myPlanKenya)

This effectiveness-implementation hybrid-3 study evaluates dissemination, implementation, and effectiveness of myPlanKenya. myPlanKenya will be disseminated through formal and informal sectors. This clinical trial portion of the study enrolls women at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) who are referred to myPlanKenya by disseminators (i.e. "end-users").

This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of myPlanKenya referral on resilience, health and safety among a cohort of women referred to myPlanKenya based on disclosure of IPV or assessed to have IPV related risks.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Violence, Domestic; Violence, Sexual; Violence, Gender-Based
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Personalized safety planning tool

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 440
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Kenya
  • Nairobi, Kenya
    • Ujamaa Africa

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female
• Age 16 or older
• Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past six months; behaviorally assessed
• Living in Nairobi, Kenya with no plans to move in the next 12 months
• Access to a safe smart phone or computer (personal or shared), and comfort using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Literate in English or Swahili languages; confirmed by reading and completing a short passage by filling in several blanks with the appropriate words, selected from a drop-down menu.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Male
• Under age 16
• Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears in past 6 months
• Lives outside of the study area or plans to move within the next 12 months
• Does not have access to a safe smart phone or computer, or is uncomfortable using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Illiterate in English or Swahili languages

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: myPlan Kenya; myPlan Kenya web-based application

Behavioral: Personalized safety planning tool; The myPlan Kenya app is a web-based safety planning tool that is secure, private, free and personalized to the user. The app includes multiple, evidence-based modules: Strategies (safety strategies tailored to the user's needs and violence experience); Resources (referrals to local health, safety and justice resources and services); About You (questionnaires that help the user assess their relationship safety and tailor their Strategies, including My Relationship, Red Flags, My Safety, My Priorities); Understanding (knowledge sections that share information on relationships and violence, including Healthy Relationships, Harmful Beliefs About Abuse, About Violence).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in decisional conflict	12-item pre-intervention and 10-item post-intervention decisional conflict measures (specific to safety), assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-60 pre-intervention and 0-50 post-intervention, with higher scores indicating higher lower decisional conflict and lower scores indicating higher decisional conflict.	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Change in resilience as assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale	10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, which assesses resilience using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-40, with higher scores indicating greater resilience and lower scores indicating lower resilience.	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Change in safety/IPV experience(s) as assessed by the Conflict Tactics Scale-2	10-item adapted Conflict Tactics Scale-2 (CTS2), which assesses IPV experiences using a 3-point scale on the frequency of these experiences.	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Change in help-seeking	6-item index on help-seeking, which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information received on a 2-point scale (yes/no), and the helpfulness of these disclosures and services on a 5-point Likert scale. Scale examined for fit and will be handled as individual items as needed.	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in safety strategies	5-item index on safety strategies, which assesses the use of strategies on a 2-point scale (yes/no), and the helpfulness of these strategies on a 5-point Likert scale.	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Change in IPV recognition as assessed by the Abusive Behaviors Scale	7-item adapted Abusive Behaviors Scale, which assesses IPV recognition using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-35, with higher scores indicating greater IPV recognition and lower scores indicating lower IPV recognition.	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Change in relationship intention	Single item which assesses intention for current relationship on a 4-point scale.	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Collaborators: Ujamaa Africa
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Michele Decker, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 22, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 31, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): April 19, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 2, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 2, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): November 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 18, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 17, 2025
• Last Verified: November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: technology; Intimate Partner Violence; implementation; Safety Planning; Relationships
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavior; Sexual Behavior; Coitus
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB00017456

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No